[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34155-34156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16174]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 061501A]


Marine Mammals; File No. 1000-1617

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Whitlow W.L. Au, University of 
Hawaii, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Marine Mammal Research 
Program, PO Box 1106, Kailua, Hawaii 96734, has been issued a permit to 
take several species of small cetaceans for purposes of scientific 
research.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments must be received on or before July 
27, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
    Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 
phone (301) 713-2289; fax (301) 713-0376; and
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long 
Beach, CA 90802-4213; phone (562) 980-4001; fax (562) 980-4018;
    Protected Species Coordinator, Pacific Area Office, NMFS, 1601 
Kapiolani Blvd., Room 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814-

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4700; phone (808)973-2935; fax (808) 973-2941.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynne Barre or Trevor Spradlin, (301) 
713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 12, 2001, notice was published in 
the Federal Register ( 66. FR 18904) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take several species of small cetaceans around 
Hawaii, California and on the high seas had been submitted by the 
above-named individual. The requested permit has been issued under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: June 22, 2001.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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